113 Metaphors for captain

The Captain, who is a Man of good Sense, but dry Conversation, was last Night giving me an Account of a Discourse, in which he had lately been engaged with a young Wrangler in the Law.

And then it was a natural suggestion, that the Captain was the rather applied to, as he is a stranger to the rest of the familyNeed I tell thee the meaning of all this?

The old Captain was in fact a bad parishioner, as his servant had told him, and had only one good quality in the eyes of that careful housekeeper, "that he was always shining like a new halfpenny.

The municipal Captain must be a resident of the village, more than 25 years of age, read and speak Spanish and be a Chief of Barangay.

The Roman captain was a writer, the centurion a manufacturer, Androcles a teacher of some sort, the call-boy for the fights in the arena a cabin-boy from a British merchant ship, and the tender-hearted lion some genius from the "halls."

It was funny, too, her captain was name Smith.

A captain?" "No, I am a private.

His eight captains were George Matthews, Alexander McClannahan, John Dickinson, John Lewis (son of William), Benjamin Harrison, William Paul, Joseph Haynes, and Samuel Wilson.

Of course it was none of our business; but it seemed to us that if we were choosing a man to pacify and control the ruined people of ruined Louvain this square-headed, big-fisted captain would not have been our first choice.

To be sure those stories and ballads made our captain to be a most wicked, profane wretch; and if he were, why God knows he suffered and paid for it, for he laid his bones in Jamaica, and never saw his home or his wife or his daughter after he had sailed away on the Royal Sovereign on that long, misfortunate voyage, leaving his family behind him in New York to the care of strangers.

"Why did the lieutenant challenge me, when the captain was the injured party?" asked Fernando.

Ten of those present were actually his own agents, working among their fellow unionists and agitating with themhidden sources of information and of influence at needand yet not one of those ten knew that the Marine Captain upon the platform was his own official chief.

9. Stronger than thunder's winged force, All-powerful gold can spread its course, Thro' watchful guards its passage make, And loves thro' solid walls to break: From gold the overwhelming woes That crush'd the Grecian augur rose: Philip with gold thro' cities broke, And rival monarchs felt his yoke; Captains of ships to gold are slaves, Tho' fierce as their own winds and waves.

In spite of his huge accumulation of land, the Captain was the least greedy of men.

Captains are centurions.

"The Captain of this brig is the agent; he represents the government, and is obliged to find places for the prisoners.

The first captain of the forecastle was an old seaman of the name of Catfall.

The woman sea-captain is by way of being, for the moment, a novel figure.

The municipal Captain must be a resident of the village, more than 25 years of age, read and speak Spanish and be a Chief of Barangay.

The young cavalry captain with him is his chosen disciple.

The Captain was again affectedExcellent creature!

The captain who fierce armies led Becomes a quiet seminary's head Poor as his privates, earns his bread.

The captain, however, who was a foreigner, had not much compassion on me; and only thought, as I was young and strong, how much he could get by selling me as a slave; and did not even release my hands.

The captain was an Englishman named Wright; the gunner was a Frenchman, and there were two Dutchmen.

Of course the captain of the steamer was the only person who could order one of the men placed in irons.

113 Metaphors for  captain